Scotland Great Plains Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Great Plains skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Great Plains over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Bellshill Berkshire Birmingham Bromley Cambridgeshire Chertsey Cheshire Chippenham City of London Derby Derbyshire Dundee East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Hertfordshire Inverurie Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Livingston London Maidenhead Manchester Midlands North Lanarkshire North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Rickmansworth Runcorn Scotland Solihull South East South West Surrey UK Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	165
Rank change on same period last year	+27
Matching permanent IT job ads	13	9
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	5.603 %	2.922 %
Salaries quoted	13	9
Average minimum salary	£34,923	£33,636
Average salary	£39,923	£41,000
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Average maximum salary	£44,923	£48,364
UK excluding London average salary	£38,228	£36,938
% change on same period last year	+3.49 %
Business Applications Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads	232	308
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.134 %	0.133 %
Salaries quoted	158	186
Average minimum salary	£39,871	£38,275
Average salary	£44,734	£43,106
% change on same period last year	+3.77 %
Average maximum salary	£49,598	£47,938
UK excluding London average salary	£50,422	£49,992
% change on same period last year	+0.85 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Great Plains across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Great Plains across the Scotland region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Great Plains across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Great Plains within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Glasgow	+11	3	£50,000	+26.31 %
Aberdeen	-	3	£36,000	-
Edinburgh	+24	2	£34,000	-20.46 %
Dundee	-	2	£37,500	-
North Lanarkshire	-	1	£55,000	-
Aberdeenshire	-	1	£35,000	-
West Lothian	-	1	£28,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Great Plains also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Great Plains.

1 15 (93.75 %) ERP 2 12 (75.00 %) Finance 3 11 (68.75 %) Navision 4 10 (62.50 %) Axapta 5 9 (56.25 %) Dynamics GP 6 7 (43.75 %) JD Edwards 6 7 (43.75 %) Dynamics AX 7 6 (37.50 %) Dynamics NAV 7 6 (37.50 %) Sage 8 5 (31.25 %) Microsoft 9 4 (25.00 %) MS Excel 9 4 (25.00 %) SAP 9 4 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 10 3 (18.75 %) Health 10 3 (18.75 %) Pegasus

10 3 (18.75 %) SQL Server 10 3 (18.75 %) .NET 10 3 (18.75 %) Business Intelligence 10 3 (18.75 %) Insurance 10 3 (18.75 %) X++ 10 3 (18.75 %) Pensions 11 2 (12.50 %) Requirements Analysis 11 2 (12.50 %) Line 500 11 2 (12.50 %) Sun 11 2 (12.50 %) Exchequer 11 2 (12.50 %) Oracle 11 2 (12.50 %) C 11 2 (12.50 %) SQL 11 2 (12.50 %) Oracle 11i 11 2 (12.50 %) Project Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Great Plains also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Great Plains. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (18.75 %) .NET	Applications 1 4 (25.00 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 11 (68.75 %) Navision 2 10 (62.50 %) Axapta 3 9 (56.25 %) Dynamics GP 4 7 (43.75 %) Dynamics AX 5 6 (37.50 %) Dynamics NAV 6 2 (12.50 %) Oracle 11i 6 2 (12.50 %) Line 500 7 1 (6.250 %) Dynamics CRM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (18.75 %) SQL Server
General 1 12 (75.00 %) Finance 2 3 (18.75 %) Health 2 3 (18.75 %) Insurance 2 3 (18.75 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 8 (50.00 %) Consultant 2 5 (31.25 %) ERP Consultant 3 3 (18.75 %) Development Team Leader 3 3 (18.75 %) Helpdesk Team Leader 3 3 (18.75 %) Applications Consultant 3 3 (18.75 %) Team Leader 3 3 (18.75 %) Developer 4 2 (12.50 %) Implementation Consultant 4 2 (12.50 %) Dynamics AX Developer 5 1 (6.250 %) Software Consultant
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (93.75 %) ERP 2 4 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 3 3 (18.75 %) Business Intelligence 4 2 (12.50 %) Project Management 4 2 (12.50 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (6.250 %) System Testing 5 1 (6.250 %) CRM	Programming Languages 1 3 (18.75 %) X++ 2 2 (12.50 %) C 2 2 (12.50 %) SQL
Vendors 1 7 (43.75 %) JD Edwards 2 6 (37.50 %) Sage 3 5 (31.25 %) Microsoft 4 4 (25.00 %) SAP 5 3 (18.75 %) Pegasus 6 2 (12.50 %) Sun 6 2 (12.50 %) Exchequer 6 2 (12.50 %) Oracle 7 1 (6.250 %) PeopleSoft 7 1 (6.250 %) Baan